You're taking part in the Magma project, a top secret plan to use the heat
produced by our planet's magma to create energy. This endless source of energy
could allow a country to dominate the whole world. But several spies have stolen
pieces of a very important document and threaten to sell it to federal agents,
so you must negotiate with each spy to recover the document. You can travel
using a subterranean vehicle, but heat will soon damage it, and during the main
part of the game, you'll be only guided by the sound of your sonar. Each spy
talks in his own language (Chinese, French, English, Greek or Egyptian) and the
subterranean tunnels are a maze. If you buy or sell the wrong object, you'll be
blocked later in the game so it's trial and error... It's a very clever and
difficult game.

Alexander Cherkazov, a Russian scientist and political strategist, has
formulated a plan to overthrow the US government, and intelligence reports
indicate that the plan is hidden in a military complex in Siberia. The CIA has
enlisted your help to infiltrate the complex and steal the papers. You control a
robot and move it around the building while evading detection by the security
cameras. There is an excellent tutorial built in to the game to get you started,
but the game itself is too tricky, and there doesn't seem to be much else to do.

Hair Boy is an old-fashioned screen-by-screen platform game in which you
control a blond guy who must retrieve his sword in order to progress to the next
level. The graphics are basic but nice, and they are drawn in a cartoon style.
A catchy tune and some effects accompany what is a very challenging and
sometimes frustrating game. You need to plan each jump carefully because it is
very easy to be killed. Thankfully, the animation and the collision detection
are perfect. Each time you lose a life, you lose time – and patience! Overall,
it is certainly worth giving it a few goes, before you decide to break your CPC!

This platform game (which was released in France as Les Mines du Roi
Aquantus) has a twist; you cannot jump! Instead, you run, dangle, fall and
climb ladders. You possess bombs that allow you to create holes in the floor.
Nasties-wise, this one includes lots and lots of running men who look just like
you. They home in on your location and the aim is to evade them long enough
until you've collected all the gold. This is a boring game with primitive MODE 1
graphics and hardly any sound at all. There's a level editor built in, but I
doubt you will find any interest in using it.

A creepy and daunting tower full of riches to be taken. You, the hero, venture
into this domain with dreams of treasure and all that follows. A very old game
that would have carried a lot of interest back then. You have two weapons with
which to defend yourself. Sadly there are only keyboard controls, and some of
this includes directing your weapon. An easy game at first soon becomes
frustrating. Primitive MODE 1 graphics mirror those of the Spectrum original –
yes, it's a port. It's fun for a few minutes as you take on the challenge, and
then you'll reset your CPC.

This is one of those games which has such a simple concept and which is still
great fun; it's a manic arcade game with four levels, where the aim is to
survive for the entire time limit (roughly one minute) without letting any
enemies scale the walls of the fortress that you are guarding, or destroying it!
You're constantly being bombarded by the enemy, and you must batter them with
your hammer to stop them; if too many of them enter the fortress, they'll
capture the flag and you must start again. It's a rather short game, and once
you get used to it, it's not that difficult, either. It is very good,
however, and both the graphics and music are marvellous.

Two worker drones malfunction and suddenly realise that their kind has kept man
under control for centuries! They quickly set about changing this to free
mankind and stop the other drones. You find yourself in a power room that is
locked, and this quickly alerts droids and drones. Clearing the nasties opens
the door and leads to the next scene. Each scene requires the careful use of
Hammerfist or Metalisis, for each has different abilities. Detailed monochrome
graphics with smooth, well animated sprites make this an enjoyable blast. Sadly,
there's no in-game sound!

This is a slightly weird platform game in which you control a character whose
method of killing monsters and enemies is to headbutt them! In each of the nine
levels, your character must simply reach the end of the level without running
out of energy or time. Along the way, coins can be collected. Some of these will
top up your energy or give you a bit more time. Every few levels, there is an
end-of-level monster which must be defeated, by headbutting the cannonballs
that it fires at you! This is one of the last games that Zigurat released for
the CPC and is very little known indeed. The graphics are reasonable enough,
but the game slows down considerably when there is a lot of action on the
screen, and the gameplay is rather simplistic and limited.

Games don't come much sillier than this one, in which your great-aunt has left
you her hamster shop and trusts you to take care of them and make a successful
business out of breeding and selling them. Ils sont fous, les Français!
You need to buy food for the hamsters, and as more hamsters are born, you must
also buy cages and open more shops to prevent overcrowding. Other events also
occur in which you can make or lose money, including such hilarious things as
your prize hamsters winning a beauty contest, being kidnapped by a terrorist
(!), and standing for the European elections! There is no real end to the game,
but it's such a laugh that you won't care.

This golf simulation lets you play either a 9- or 18-hole round of golf on your
own or with another player. On each shot, you decide which of fifteen clubs to
use and select the direction to strike the ball, taking into account the wind
direction and speed. With certain clubs, you are also required to select the
power of your shot. This game is written entirely in BASIC and is therefore
quite slow. The graphics are very simplistic with some rudimentary animation.
Most of the holes are very similar to each other with very few obstacles, and
it's very easy to score well under par; I achieved it on my first attempt. If
you're looking for a challenging golf simulation, this isn't it!